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I teach ELA to 2 classes of 3rd grade students. The classes are homogeneously grouped. Some students receive RTI services and others receive GT services from our GT teacher. Several students are flexed up to 4th grade. Two receiving reading help from our Special Education teacher.

Since receiving our new Chromebooks and doing Google Classroom training, we are utilizing technology on a daily basis. I try to incorporate a new strategy or site each week to enhance the learning of my students. This week I am adding EdPuzzle.

We use Houghton Mifflin Harcourt "Journeys" reading series as a basis for many of my units. However,I also incorporate the Scholastic Storyworks Jr. Series, online reading materials, trade books, and chapter books into my units to supplement and enhance the provided materials.

Journeys Unit 4
Conservation, Fossils, Trees, Social Relationships, and Climate

Grade Level:: 3
Subject:: Language Arts
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Goal Summary:: During the 2015-16 school year, 100% of my students will demonstrate measurable growth in their ability to evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats to comprehend complex text. Each student will improve by at least one performance level on our ELA rubric. In addition, 70% of students will perform at the proficient level on the targeted area of the district's/elementary common ELA assessment by the end of the school year.

Students will explain why it is important to take care of our environment.

Students will explain what fossils tell us about the past.

Students will compare and contrast types of trees.

Students will illustrate how members of a community help each other.

Students will identify the coldest places on earth.
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Skill Goals:: Click to enter your skill goals. These are usually described in a 'Students will be able to' statement.
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Journeys Unit 4
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